A Life at Stake
“A Cheat At Heart From Her Painted Toes To Her Plunging Neckline!”
1955•1h 18m•5.3•Released
Drama
An out-of-work architect meets a married woman who has a business proposition for him. The architect begins to suspect the woman's interest in him is not just financial and may actually be deadly.
Director
Paul Guilfoyle
Writer
Russ Bender
Languages
English
Studio
Hank McCune Productions
Cast
Angela Lansbury
Doris Hillman
Keith Andes
Edward Shaw
Douglass Dumbrille
Gus Hillman
Claudia Barrett
Madge Neilan
Jane Darwell
Landlady
Gavin Gordon
Sam Pearson
Charles Maxwell
Lt. Hoff
William Henry
Myles Norman
Kathleen Mulqueen
Mary
Dan Sturkie
Officer Biff
Jeane Wood
Mabel, the maid
Robert Haver
Mechanic
Fred Aldrich
Suspicious Stranger (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Businessman (uncredited)
Bing Russell
Bartender (uncredited)
Production
Company
Hank McCune Productions
Producer
Hank McCune
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